Mayangna

Benedicto, E. and E. Salomón. Ms. Trayectoria y Manera en los Predicados de Movimiento en Mayangna: propiedades morfo-sintácticas y estructurales en Construcciones Seriales. For Lilián Guerrero (ed), Verbos de movimiento en lenguas de América: léxico, sintaxis y pragmatic.

Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna and E. Benedicto. 2013. Mayangna Dictionary. Vol 2, Tuahka. Alcaldía de Rosita and Junta de Andalucía- Programa de Reconstrucción post-Félix Nicaragua Fase I. Rosita, Nicaragua.

Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna and E. Benedicto. 2012. Mayangna Dictionary. Vol 1, Panamahka. Alcaldía de Rosita and Junta de Andalucía- Programa de Reconstrucción post-Félix Nicaragua Fase I. Rosita, Nicaragua.

Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna and E. Benedicto. 2012. Mayangna Yulni Barangwa Lâni.  Chapter 1: Tunbinmak Lâni (Phonology). Chapter 2: Yulmak Lâni (Morphology). Chapter 3: Yuluduh Lâni (Syntax). Alcaldía de Rosita and Junta de Andalucía- Programa de Reconstrucción post-Félix Nicaragua Fase I. Rosita, Nicaragua.

Benedicto, E., Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna and A. Eggleston. 2012. Taim y Sait: dos préstamos con dos vidas. Paper presented at the XII Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Hermosillo - Sonora, Mexico. November 21-23, 2012.

Benedicto, E. and E. Salomón. 2012. Multiple V-V mono-eventive syntactic complex in Mayangna. In Proceedings of WSCLA 17th, UBC Working Papers in Linguistics, electronic (14p). Vancouver, Ca: University of British Columbia.

Eggleston, A., E. Benedicto, and Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna. 2011. Preferred Spatial Frames of Reference in Sumu-Mayangna. Language Sciences, vol. 33.6, pp.1047-1072.

Benedicto, E. 2011. La Langue Mayangna. In Dictionnaire des Langues, Emilio Bonvini, Joëlle Busuttil et Alain Peyraube (ed.), vol. IV Les Langues d'Amérique, Francesc Queixalós (ed.), pp. 1432-1438. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

Benedicto, E. 2010. La situación de los estudios lingüísticos en Nicaragua.Integrando Investigación y Comunidad(es). En Ascencio Franco, Gabriel (editor), La antropología en Centroamérica. Reflexiones y perspectivas,pp. 205-228. Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico: Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas.

Eggleston, A., E. Benedicto and Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna. 2010. Preferred Spatial Frames of Reference in Sumu-Mayangna. Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA), Baltimore, January 2010.

Eggleston, A., E. Benedicto and Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna. 2010. Meronyms in Sumu-Mayangna: to map or not to map, from the human body. Paper presented at the XI Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Hermosillo - Sonora, Mexico. November 17-20, 2010.

Benedicto, E. 2007. Borrowing Patterns: Modality in Mayangna. Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA), Anaheim, January 2007.

Benedicto, E. 2006. Innovating in the Family: Transitivity Alternations in Mayangna. Poster presented at the Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA). University of British Columbia, Vancouver (CA). April, 2006.

Benedicto, E., M.Dolores, G.Fendly and T.Gómez. 2006. Language Loss to An Invisible Enemy: The Case of the Tuahka. In Proceedings of the X FEL Conference on ‘Endangered Languages and Multilingualism,’ pp. 51-58. Mysore, India: CIIL and Foundation for Endangered Languages.

Benedicto, E. 2005. The languages of Nicaragua: doing all the right things but still… . Paper presented at the Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of North America (CELCNA). Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL), University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Benedicto, E. and E. Salomón. 2004. Diccionarios Monolingües Mayangna. [Mayangna Monolingual Dictionaries] Paper presented at the VIII Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Hermosillo - Sonora, Mexico.

Benedicto, E. 2004. ¿Sumu, Mayangna, Tuahka, Panamahka, Ulwa? Lengua e Identidad Étnica. [Sumu, Mayangna, Tuahka, Panamahka, Ulwa? Language and Ethnic Identity]. Wani, 38, pp. 6-24.

Benedicto, E., G. McLean and Grupo de Lingüistas Indígenas Mayangna. 2004. Linguistic Rights in the Nicaraguan Atlantic Coast: Actions on the Ground within the Legislative Framework of the Estatuto de Autonomía. In Proceedings of the VIII Conference on ‘On the Margins of Nations: Endangered Languages and Linguistic Rights.’ Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain: Foundation for Endangered Languages.

Benedicto, E. 2002. Verbal Classifier Systems: the exceptional case of Mayangna auxiliaries. In Proceedings of WSCLA 7th, UBC Working Papers in Linguistics 10, pp.1-14. Vancouver, Ca: University of British Columbia.

2001 “Indigenous Presence In The Nicaraguan Media: The Mayangna,” [with Eloy Frank, Pulinario Sebastián and Simón Avelino] paper presented at the FEL (Foundation for Endangered Languages) V Conference ‘Endangered Languages and The Media,’ Agadir, Morocco. [cancelled because of Sept. 11]

2001 Diccionario Alfabético Infantil Mayangna. [A bi-dialectal dictionary for elementary school children in the indigenous language Mayangna, for use in the Bilingual Bicultural Programs]. Bilwi, Nicaragua: PEBI/URACCAN.

Benedicto, E & K. Hale. 2001. “Mayangna: A Sumu Language and Its Variants.” In Benedicto, E. (ed). The UMass Indigenous Languages Volume. UMOP [University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers] 20, pp.75-106. University of Massachusetts,

Benedicto, E. 2001. “Los Proyectos Lingüísticos de las Comunidades Mayangna de Nicaragua.” [Linguistic Projects in the Mayangna Communities of Nicaragua] In Revista Universitaria del Caribe, vol 4, pp.56-64. Managua: URACCAN University.

2001 Mi primer libro. Diccionario Ilustrado Infantil Mayangna. [A primer for kindergarten children in the indigenous language Mayangna, for use in the Bilingual Bicultural Programs]. Bilwi, Nicaragua: PEBI/URACCAN.

2000 Benedicto, E. (ed). Mayangna Yayal Sangninaka Yulni. [Mayangna Women’s Stories. Bilingual Edition]. Managua: OED/TN

2000 Benedicto, E. (ed). The UMass Indigenous Languages Volume. UMOP [University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers] 20. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

2000 ‘On Indigenous Languages.’ Introduction chapter to Benedicto, E. (ed). The UMass Indigenous Languages Volume. UMOP [University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers] 20. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

2000 "Mayangna: A Sumu Language and Its Variants" [with Ken Hale]. In Benedicto, E. (ed). The UMass Indigenous Languages Volume. UMOP [University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers] 20. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

2000 ‘A Community’s Solution to Some Literacy Problems:The Mayangna of Nicaragua,’  paper presented at the FEL (Foundation for Endangered Languages) IV Conference ‘Endangered Languages and Literacy,’ Charlotte, NC.

2000 ‘La diversidad dentro de la unidad: Tawahka, Tuahka, Panamahka como variantes dialectales del Mayangna en el grupo Sumu’. Invited session at the Simposium sobre el Programa de Educación Bilingüe Intercultural Sumu. Rosita-RAAN, Nicaragua.

1999 'Indigenous Languages - Peoples - Women in Nicaragua' in Women Studies Newsletter. Purdue University.

1999 "Proyecto para la elaboración de una gramática escolar mayangna" [Project for a Mayangna Elementary Grammar]. West Lafayette, Purdue University.

1999 'La situación lingüística en Nicaragua', invited paper presented at the Seminario Internacional “Informe sobre las lenguas del mundo: la situación indoamericana” UNESCO – Linguapax  -  PROEIB Andes 3 al 6 de marzo de 1999. Cochabamba, Bolivia.

1999 "Proyecto para la creación de un diccionario mayangna" [Project for a Mayangna Dictionary].  West Lafayette, Purdue University.

1998 'Linguists, Indigenous Languages, Indigenous Peoples and Nicaragua', poster presented at the 25th Anniversary Reunion, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

1998 'Dos proyectos sobre la lengua Mayangna en Nicaragua', paper presented at the V Congreso Internacional de Lingüística del Noroeste, Hermosillo - Sonora, Mexico.

1996 “Twahka: A Neglected Dialect”. Paper presented at the 1996 SSILA (Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages) meeting [with M. Dickey and K. Hale].

1996 "Proyecto para la creación de un diccionario tawahka" [Project for a Tawahka Dictionary].  Northampton, Massachusetts.

1996 "Proyecto para la elaboración de una gramática escolar tawahka" [Project for a Tawahka Elementary Grammar]. Northampton, Massachusetts.

1995 “Informe sobre la lengua tawahka” [Report on the Tawahka Dialect of Honduras]. Cambridge, Massachusetts.